The Busy Man's Hand-Book

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CHAPTER XXIII

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CHAPTER XXIII

From the Commencement of the French Revolution, to the Death of Robespierre. THE most eventful period of modern history now bursts upon our…

CHAPTER XXIII: French

War had commenced on the part of Austria and Prussia, and the French at first met with some severe checks; but on the advance of the…

CHAPTER XXIII: Austrians

Dumouriez, at the head of the French army, had found it impossible to prevent the entrance of the duke of Brunswick into Champagne; but…

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